The data is in! I want to firstly thank Nebulant for their help with analyzing the samples professionally. This is a tremendous tool for helping decide what direction we need to head to get the best possible samples and ultimately the best possible product.
I want to start off by saying that I am not the expert in this technology or process. I am familiar with it and I do understand the intention and process behind it to a degree. If you have questions, I will do my best to answer them but I will be relying on Nebulant to answer deeper inquiries about this process.
Before we get to the data I want to make everyone aware that, this data is simply a tool. Both Nebulant and I agree that the analysis and data is a powerful tool but a tool nonetheless to help guide decision making. The expectations that people have for this set and the feedback that I have gotten from the community is another tool that will still be used in determining what actions are best to take so that the product that people purchased is the product that they receive.
With that out of the way, lets get to the first round of samples data.
Rainy Day Alphas - Pantone 15-4101
Rainy Day Mods - Pantone 10393
Rainy Day Accent - Pantone 9481
Summary:
In short, the alphas and mods turned out very good. while the mods did have a spike in it's graph towards the end, the Delta(2000) is still at a very acceptable level. That being said, I might order a second round anyway as the samples do lean into being slightly warmer based on this data. The Alphas are near perfect. I feel very comfortable signing off on those.
The accents, as we all expected, were less than stellar. not horrible but they certainly could use some tweaking. To put words from the data to what we saw in our initial reactions, the accent blue is leaning towards the warm end of the spectrum. There is yellow and red in there. So I will be using that data to steer GMKs direction for the next round of samples.
TLDR:
Alphas pass
Mods pass but want a second round anyway just in case
Accent does not pass and will be getting a second round.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Please post them here in the thread for visibility so that I can answer them and so the discussion can be public. There will also be discussions in my Discord as well but I will be keeping GH the polished method of delivery for this process as requested by the community.
Thank you all for your patience and support! I look forward to getting this right for you guys and shipping the best possible product for everyone!